Ob-Gyn CCI 16.0: Hysterectomy Coding

Here’s where you can bypass the edits with modifier 59.
The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 16.0 didn’t overlook the hysterectomy, vaginal graft, and colpopexy codes — nor should you. To make sense of the deletions, break these additions into mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive.
Note: In all these cases — except those involving the anesthetic injection […]

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